likely they believe as a result of what happened in connecticut. this case involves a male student who attends laurel high school but not been in school for about a week. the situation coming to light monday about alleged threats made off campus last week. >> we had some students that were threatened and observed or had observations they were concerned about and brought it to e attention of a teacher. the teacher concurred with that observation and notified school security. school security notified police and an investigation began, which resulted in a young person being committed to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation. >> reporter: laurel police department spokesman says investigators did find evidence in the student's locker. >> we had credible information, charts and diagrams and lists that concerned us. obviously the parents were consulted. information was brought to us that we believe that the student had access to weapons. so it was a very credible threat. >> reporter: he would not elaborate about those charts and diagrams and lists. >> w